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Patterns of Play in the Fast attack of Barcelona, Manchester United and Inter Milan - A Mixed Method Approach

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ABSTRACT: This study aimed to detect and analyse regular patterns of play in fast attack of football teams, through the combination of the sequential analysis technique and semi-structured interviews to experienced first League Portuguese coaches. The sample included 36 games (12 games of the respective national leagues per team) of the F.C. Barcelona, Inter Milan, and Manchester United teams that were coded with the observational instrument tool developed by Sarmento et al. (2010) and the data analysed through sequential analysis with the software SDIS-GSEQ 5.0. Based on the detected patterns, semistructured interviews were carried out to 8 expert high-performance football coaches and data were analysed through the content analysis technique using the software NVivo 10. The detected patterns of play revealed specific characteristics of the teams under study. The combination of the results of sequential analysis with the qualitative interviews to the professional coaches proved to be very fruitful in this game the analysis of scope, allowing reconcile scientific knowledge with practical interpretation of coaches who develop their tasks in the field

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Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte, 2016, vol. 16, num. 1, p. 31-42

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cc-by-nc-nd (c) Universidad de Murcia, 2016

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Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa)

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Patterns of Play in the Fast attack of Barcelona, Manchester United and Inter Milan - A Mixed Method Approach